Vehicle door pocket



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VEHICLE DOOR POCKET.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed August 17, 1926. Serial No. 404,101.

i 1o f/Z inkom it may concern?.

Be it known that l, CHARLES G. MOON, Jr.` citizen of the United States. residing at l/ieniphis, in the county of Shelby and State oi Tennessee, have invented certain new and useiful improvements in Vehicle Door Pockets7 of which the following is a specification.

A rhis invention relates to improvements in receptacles or pockets especially adapted .for

to the doors ot vehicle bodies.

An important object of this invention is to provide a receptacle or pocket which may be readily applied to a vehicle door without mairing the appearance oi the door or without removing the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a receptacle or vpocket having novel means whereby the same may be securely connected to the door of a vehicle without the exercise ot unusual skill.

The invention forming thesubject matter ot this application aims also to provide a door pocket or receptacle which is of highly simpliiied construction, durable in use, and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the'course of the following description.

ln the accompanying drawings forming a part ot this application, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

i Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle door prior to the application ot the receptacle,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the door provided with the receptacle,

Figure 3 is a central vertical detail sectional view through the door and the receptacle.

'Figure 4 is a perspective of the receptacle or pocket detached,

Figure 5 is a perspective of the frame of the pocket or receptacle,

Figure 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view Ytaken on line 6-6 of Figure 4.

ln the drawings, wherein for the purpose ot illustration is shown a preferred embodi* ment of the invention, the numeral 10 generally designates a vehicle door which is composed of the usual wooden frame having uprights 12 and a horizontal upper. cross piece 14. A sheet metal covering 16 is applied to one side of the Jframe and having application edge portions extending over the same as indicated at 13 and provided with ears 2() which are secured to the inner side ot the frame by means of tacks 22 or other suitable 'fastening devices. ldfith reference to Figures 1,2 and 3 ot the drawings, it will be observed that a thin covering ot cloth or leather 23 is secured to the inner side ot the trame outwardlyof a stout piece ot pasteboard 24. The particular function of the pasteboaid 24 is to provide the inner side or' the coor with a high degree of rigidity so that the covering 23 will not be easily torn or cut. A. strip oi' binding 26 oit leather or the like may be secured-about the upper portion or the door so as to conceal the upper portion of the layer 23.

With reference to Figure 3, it willbe observed that the space between the inet-al. front 16 of the door and the pasteboard sheet 24 may be utilized for the reception of a pocket or receptacleV `generally designated by the numeral'30. To prepare the door for the application ot the receptacle or pocket 30, it is merely necessary to provide the upper portion ot the covering 23 with a plurality of diagonal incisions indicated by the dotted lines 337 Fig. 1. The incisions 33 torni partly severed portions 34 which are folded on the inner side of the pasteboard 24 after a rectangular opening has been cut in the upper portion of the pasteboa-rd.

The pocket 30 comprises a rectangular trame 36 which may be formed from flat metal or the like and provided with a plurality of attaching arms 38 adapted to be bent about the edge portions of the opening within which the receptacle is arranged. The attaching` arms 38 are extended only from the ends and lower sides of the frame and when secured to 'the pasteboard 24 properly positioned the body 40` of the pocket within the door. The body 40 of the receptacle may be of any desired material and is secured to the traine 36 by stitching 42 or the/like. The body 40 of the pocket extends laterally and downwardly from the frame 36 and is suiicieiitly spacious to receive various tools, etc. rlhe upper side of the frame 36 is positioned flatly in contact with the top 14 of the door traine and may be secured to the same by suitable fastening devices 43.

A flap 46 may be secured along its upper edge to the upper side of the frame 36 and when applied extends entirely over the opening in the door and thereby conceals the same. W'ith reference to Figure 3, it will bc observed that the flap 46 is formed with a pocket which receives a flat sheet of metal 48 employed to render the vflap somewhat rigid. The sheet 48 does, however, terminate below the attaching portion of the 'lap and thereby permits the iiap to be readily swung to .an open position. v

In applying the improved pocket, it is merely necessary to provide the covering 23 with the diagonal incisionsI 33 sothat an opening may, in turn, be cut in the upper portion oi" the pasteboard 24. The body 40 oi. the pocket may now be positioned within the door between the inner and outer sides of the same and the frame 36 is subsequently attached to the edge portions of the open-' ing in the door by means oi. the attaching arms-38. The attaching arms 38 are extended irom' the outer edges of the frame 36 so that the edges of the body 40 may be extended entirely over the inner edge of the Vtrarne 36 without interruption. When Y appliedthe pocket may be employed as a receiving lmeans vtor various articles used about a machine or may be employed to receive small articles of clothing used by the occupants of the machine.

As illustrated in Figure 3, the partly severed portions 34 of the covering 23 are fold- 'ed and confined between the attaching arms 38 and the frame 36 so as to provide neat side Walls for the opening of the pocket. n

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that such minor changes in arrangement and construction of parts may be made as will remain within'the spirit invention,

wall beingV provided with an opening; of a frame detachably secured to said inner wall about said opening and conforming to the shape of said opening, and a pocket secured to said iframe and arranged in the space between the walls of the door.

2. In combinationwith a vehicle door having inner and outer spaced walls and spacingmeans arranged between themthe inner wall being ,provided withk an opening adja- 'centH its upperv side; of a metallic frame around said opening provided with attaching arms engaging the edge portions of said opening, a pocket secured to saidframe and arranged between said inner and outer walls, and a flap depending lfrom said framev and extending over said opening on the exposed side of said inner wall. K i

3. In combination with a vvehicle door having inner and outer spaced walls and spacing means arranged between them, the inner wall being provided with an'opening adjacent its upper side; a metallic frame around` said opening provided with attaching arms, a pocketl secured to said frame and arranged between said inner and outer walls, and a flap depending from said frame and extending over said opening on the'exposed side lof said wall, said attaching arms projecting from the outer edges of said frame past its sides and over the inner edges thereof, and

engaging with the edge' portions of said opening.

In testimony whereof l aiixmy signature.

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